Raised H.B. No. 7248 Session Year 2017

AN ACT CONCERNING APPOINTMENTS TO THE CITIZEN'S ETHICS ADVISORY BOARD AND THE BOARD'S AUTHORITY IN ETHICS ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS.

To amend the state code of ethics for public officials to modify when the state will pay attorney fees to the respondent for certain complaints under the code, to apply the open and public process requirements to certain quasi-public agency contracts and to extend certain prohibitions to consultants and independent contractors hired by quasi-public agencies and the employees of such consultants and contractors.